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Warren Buffett becomes the latest billionaire media investor: His company just invested $352 million in the New York Times

Just five years after Berkshire Hathaway sold all 31 of its papers and Warren Buffett deemed the industry “toast,” the investor has rejoined a legion of billionaires with their money in media.

Fortune

White House grants ICE power to detain refugees for aggressive ‘rescreening’

A new DHS memo details plan to allow federal immigration officers to detain legal refugees in the US indefinitely

The Guardian - US

A radio host is suing Google for an AI-generated voice he claims sounds suspiciously like him: 'It’s this eerie moment where you feel like you’re listening to yourself'

Google calls the allegations baseless.

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Johnny Depp And Amber Heard: A Timeline Of Their Professional And Personal Relationship

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Learn this from Bezos and the Washington Post: with hyper-capitalists in charge, your news is not safe

His shameful stewardship of a once great title highlights how much we lose when private interest eclipses the public good, says Guardian columnist Jane Martinson

The Guardian - UK

CNN’s Kaitlan Collins reacts to Trump scolding her to smile after she asked about the Epstein files: ‘It’s not about me’

‘It’s not a laughing matter, I don’t think, to talk about sex trafficking victims,’ Collins told the Absolutely Not podcast

The Independent UK

Waymo is paying DoorDash drivers to close robotaxi doors left open by customers

Waymo has also partnered with a towing company to haul away vehicles that have lost power while on the roads

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The Crunch: political donations, exceptional figure skating and the year of the horse

It was donations disclosure season and we crunched the numbers on the amount of money going to different places

The Guardian - AU

Why is the Washington Post cratering so spectacularly?

To understand the change in Washington Post’s fortunes, it is worth comparing its demise to the New York Times’s trajectory

The Guardian - US

Inside Will Lewis’s tumultuous two years as publisher of the Washington Post

Before the Post’s sweeping layoffs and Lewis’s abrupt resignation, his tenure was marked by controversy and clashes with staff

The Guardian - US

Democracy dies in broad daylight: the Trump administration’s frontal assault on the free press

When the billionaire owner of Amazon, Jeff Bezos, bought the Washington Post from the Graham family in 2013, he promised a “golden era to come”. In February 2017, one month into Donald Trump’s first term as US president, the paper adopted the motto: “Democracy Dies in Darkness”, reflecting the perceived…

The Conversation

Award-winning editor Tina Brown lays into Bezos and ‘junket schmoozer’ ex-publisher Will Lewis over gutting of WaPo newsroom

The Washington Post laid off one-third of its staff last week, with Lewis stepping down just days later

The Independent UK

Dan Quinn Had Classy Gesture for Post Reporters After Sports Section Was Dissolved

Dan Quinn and the Commanders had a classy gesture for The Washington Post reporters after the newspaper eliminated its sports section.

Sports Illustrated

As Jeff Bezos dismantles The Washington Post, 5 regional papers chart a course for survival

The Washington Post’s evisceration at the hands of its billionaire owner, Amazon founder Jeff Bezos, didn’t have to happen.

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The Independent UK

Pope Leo shares his 2026 travel plans – and he won’t be coming back home

Popes typically avoid visiting a country during an election year to avoid the appearance of partisanship

Fortune

Lyft CEO David Risher is still a driver for the company: It made him realize being even one minute late could cost the customer their job

Being a driver has carried Risher through his entire career: His first job was delivering the Washington Post. He worked under Jeff Bezos at Amazon before his time at Lyft.

We Got This Covered

Fired reporter claims that his layoff from Washington Post wasn’t a budget cut – it was purely ideological and race-driven

He claims they are backing down from old commitments.

Fortune

Russian officials are warning Putin that a financial crisis could arrive this summer, report says, while his war on Ukraine becomes too big to fail

“Russia has to continue the war because this war is too big for Putin to fail.”

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‘This falls squarely on Jeff Bezos’ shoulders’: Internet reacts to GoFundMe for laid-off Washington Post journalists

The Washington Post Guild created a GoFundMe for more than 300 journalists who were laid off at the mainstay newspaper on Wednesday morning, and said they were overwhelmed by the influx of donations from near and far.

Euronews

CEO of The Washington Post steps down days after mass layoffs

In an email to staff shared on social media by one of the newspaper's reporters, Will Lewis said it was "the right time for me to step aside."

The Guardian - US

As goes the Washington Post: US democracy takes another hit under Trump

Jeff Bezos’s axing of more than 300 jobs at the storied newspaper has renewed fears about the resilience of America’s democracy to withstand Trump’s attacks

Newslaundry

The Indian rightwing is celebrating the Washington Post layoffs. Here’s why that’s terribly idiotic

There are several serious conversations to be had about the Washington Post layoffs – about money, sustainability, the slow cannibalisation of news by tech platforms, and what journalism is now expected to do in 2026.

The Guardian - US

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis abruptly resigns amid criticism of staff cuts

Departure comes days after newspaper laid off nearly one-third of staff, including more than 300 journalists

The Independent UK

Washington Post publisher Will Lewis steps down just days after axing hundreds of staff at Jeff Bezos’ newspaper

Post reporters shared images of a memo sent by publisher and CEO William Lewis announcing his departure

Newslaundry

Paisa and power can’t protect journalism: Why readers are the only safety net that works

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